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{{short description|Administrative division of Uttar Pradesh, India}}
{{Other uses|Ayodhya (disambiguation)}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=March 2019}}

[[File:Faizabad division.svg|right|300px|thumb|Ayodhya division]]

'''Ayodhya division''' (formerly '''Faizabad division''') is one of the 18 [[divisions of Uttar Pradesh|administrative geographical units]] (i.e. division) of the northern [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. [[Ayodhya]] city is the administrative headquarters of the division.<ref>{{Cite web|title=District Ayodhya - Government of Uttar Pradesh {{!}} City Of Lord Rama {{!}} India|url=https://ayodhya.nic.in/|access-date=8 March 2021|language=en-US}}</ref> The government of Uttar Pradesh approved the renaming of the Faizabad division to Ayodhya division in November 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last1=PTI |title=UP cabinet approves renaming of Faizabad as Ayodhya, Allahabad as Prayagraj |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/up-cabinet-approves-renaming-of-faizabad-as-ayodhya-allahabad-as-prayagraj/articleshow/66605791.cms |access-date=22 January 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=13 November 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

The division currently consists of the following 5 [[Districts of Uttar Pradesh|districts]]:-<ref>{{Cite web|title=Administrative Setup {{!}} District Ayodhya - Government of Uttar Pradesh {{!}} India|url=https://ayodhya.nic.in/administrative-setup/|access-date=2021-10-05|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Ambedkar Nagar district|Ambedkar Nagar]]
* [[Amethi district|Amethi]]
* [[Barabanki district|Barabanki]]  
* [[Ayodhya district|Ayodhya]]
* [[Sultanpur district|Sultanpur]]

== Demographics ==
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
| caption=Ayodhya division: mother-tongue of population, according to the 2011 Census.<ref name="census2011-C16"/>
|label1 = [[Hindi]] |value1 = 81.52 |color1 = Orange
|label2 = [[Awadhi language|Awadhi]] |value2 = 12.98 |color2 = red
|label3 = [[Urdu]] |value3 = 4.94 |color3 = green
|label4 = Others |value4 = 0.56 |color4 = Black
}}

The [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] did not use the new organisation. The districts at the time consisted of Barabanki, [[Faizabad]] (now called ''Ayodhya''), Ambedkar Nagar, and Sultanpur.<ref name="census2011-C16"/> The latter had different sub-districts than now.

{|class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
! colspan=8| Ayodhya division: mother-tongue of population, according to the 2011 Census.<ref name="census2011-C16">{{cite report |title=C-16 Population By Mother Tongue – Uttar Pradesh |url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-0900.XLSX |publisher = Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |access-date=15 July 2020}}</ref>
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
! rowspan=2 | Mother tongue code
! rowspan=2 | Mother tongue
! colspan=4 | Districts
! colspan=2 | Ayodhya division
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
!| Bara Banki 
!| Ayodhya 
!| Ambedkar Nagar 
!| Sultanpur  
!| Total people 
!| Percentage
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 002007 || [[Bengali language|Bengali]] 
| style="text-align:right;" | 635 
| style="text-align:right;" | 584 
| style="text-align:right;" | 303 
| style="text-align:right;" | 597 
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,119 
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.02%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 004001 || [[Dogri language|Dogri]] 
| style="text-align:right;" | 0 
| style="text-align:right;" | 831 
| style="text-align:right;" | 0 
| style="text-align:right;" | 0 
| style="text-align:right;" | 831 
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.01%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 006030 || [[Awadhi language|Awadhi]] 
| style="text-align:right;" | 68,876 
| style="text-align:right;" | 333,602 
| style="text-align:right;" | 256,822 
| style="text-align:right;" | 888,371 
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,547,671 
| style="text-align:right;" | 12.98%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 006102 || [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]] 
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,141 
| style="text-align:right;" | 804 
| style="text-align:right;" | 39,100 
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,889 
| style="text-align:right;" | 44,934 
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.38%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 006142 || [[Chhattisgarhi language|Chhattisgarhi]] 
| style="text-align:right;" | 217 
| style="text-align:right;" | 788 
| style="text-align:right;" | 490 
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,700 
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,195 
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.04%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 006240 || [[Hindi language|Hindi]] 
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,984,773 
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,050,978 
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,905,077 
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,781,822 
| style="text-align:right;" | 9,722,650 
| style="text-align:right;" | 81.52%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 015043 || [[Odia language|Odia]] 
| style="text-align:right;" | 84 
| style="text-align:right;" | 557 
| style="text-align:right;" | 504 
| style="text-align:right;" | 628 
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,773 
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.01%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 016038 || [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] 
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,199 
| style="text-align:right;" | 763 
| style="text-align:right;" | 362 
| style="text-align:right;" | 887 
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,211 
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.03%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 019014 || [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] 
| style="text-align:right;" | 0 
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,432 
| style="text-align:right;" | 4 
| style="text-align:right;" | 28 
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,464 
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.02%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 022015 || [[Urdu language|Urdu]] 
| style="text-align:right;" | 200,893 
| style="text-align:right;" | 77,484 
| style="text-align:right;" | 193,932 
| style="text-align:right;" | 116,980 
| style="text-align:right;" | 589,289 
| style="text-align:right;" | 4.94%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 028001 || [[Arabic language|Arabic/Arbi]] 
| style="text-align:right;" | 170 
| style="text-align:right;" | 38 
| style="text-align:right;" | 474 
| style="text-align:right;" | 391 
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,073 
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.01%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 040001 || [[English language|English]] 
| style="text-align:right;" | 763 
| style="text-align:right;" | 53 
| style="text-align:right;" | 42 
| style="text-align:right;" | 39 
| style="text-align:right;" | 897 
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.01%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| style="text-align:center;" | – 
|| [[Languages of India|Others]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 948 
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,082 
| style="text-align:right;" | 778 
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,785 
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,593 
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.05%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|-valign=top class="sortbottom"
| colspan=2 | Total
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,260,699 
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,470,996 
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,397,888 
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,797,117 
| style="text-align:right;" | 11,926,700 
| style="text-align:right;" | 100.00%
|- 
|}

==References==
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